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单词 non-earning
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non-earningadj.

Brit. /nɒnˈəːnɪŋ/, U.S. /nɑnˈərnɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: non- prefix, earn v.1, -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < non- prefix + earn v.1 + -ing suffix2.
Of an asset: not yielding a financial return; (of a person) not earning a regular income.
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1900 Q. Jrnl. Econ. 14 157 The machinery for rapid loading and unloading reduces to the shortest the non-earning time of lying at the docks.
1933 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 41 517 Any excess balance above the legal reserve requirement constitutes waste in the form of unnecessarily large non-earning cash accounts.
1959 F. E. Norton & N. H. Jacoby Bank Deposits & Legal Reserve Requirements iii. 41 For the individual bank, legal reserves represent non-earning assets.
1996 Sunday Times (Electronic ed.) 8 Sept. Although a non-earning divorced woman may have somewhere to live, she often has no income in old age.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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